Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (Vic)

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Road Safety Road Rules 2017

S.R. No. 41/2017

Version incorporating amendments as at


30 September 2025

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule  Page

Part 1—Introductory

Division 1—General

1Objectives

1AAuthorising provision

2Commencement

3Revocations

Division 2—Some features of these Rules

4Definitions

5Diagrams

6Examples

7Headings

8Notes

9Reader's Guide

10Offences

Part 2—Application of Rules

Division 1—Roads and road related areas

11Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road related areas

12What is a road

13What is a road related area

Division 2—Road users and vehicles

14Road users

15What is a vehicle

16Who is a driver

17Who is a rider

18Who is a pedestrian

19References to driver includes rider etc.

Part 3—Speed-limits

20Obeying the speed-limit

21Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies

22Speed-limit in a speed-limited area

23Speed-limit in a school zone

24Speed-limit in a shared zone

25Speed-limit elsewhere

Part 4—Making turns

Division 1—Left turns at intersections

26Application of Division to roundabouts, road related areas and adjacent land

27Starting a left turn from a road (except a multi-lane road)

28Starting a left turn from a multi-lane road

29Making a left turn as indicated by a road marking

Division 2—Right turns (except hook turns) at intersections

30Division does not apply to certain turns

31Starting a right turn from a road (except a multi‑lane road)

32Starting a right turn from a multi-lane road

33Making a right turn

Division 3—Hook turns at intersections

34Making a hook turn at a hook turn only sign

35Optional hook turn by a rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter

36Rider of bicycle or electric scooter making a hook turn contrary to no hook turn by bicycles sign

Division 4—U-turns

37Beginning a U-turn

38Giving way when making a U-turn

39Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign

40Making a U-turn at an intersection with traffic lights

41Making a U-turn at an intersection without traffic lights

42Starting a U-turn at an intersection

43Making a U-turn at certain crossings

43AMaking a U-turn on a road related area with traffic lights

Part 5—Change of direction and stop signals

Division 1—Change of direction signals

44Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout or lane filtering or repositioning

45What is changing direction

46Giving a left change of direction signal

47How to give a left change of direction signal

48Giving a right change of direction signal

49How to give a right change of direction signal

50How to give a right change of direction signal by giving a hand signal

51When use of direction indicator lights permitted

Division 2—Stop signals

52Division does not apply to riders of bicycles or electric scooters or certain tram drivers

53Giving a stop signal

54How to give a stop signal

55How to give a stop signal by giving a hand signal

Part 6—Traffic lights and twin red lights

Division 1—Obeying traffic lights

56Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow

57Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow

58Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light

59Proceeding through a red traffic light

60Proceeding through a red…

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